> the Tribes would have NO CONTROL over which person goes or stays because
(Hearkens back to our old S1 days, doesn't it? After your awesome call last night, I am firmly on the Dalton bandwagon--and don't forget to incapacitate me if I show signs of thinking for myself too much. . .)

>the other tribe would be doing the choosing.
When I first read AyaK's post (on another thread) last night, I totally rejected the idea of only swapping ONE player--but after pondering awhile, it occurred to me that the manner they chose who to switch could make that more of an impact--especially if they had no control over who it was they would lose. Figured MB didn't dare PICK who was switched (even though he originally selected the tribal split) because someone would cry foul, so it would have to be done either by the teams picking who they got or lost--or perhaps a competition to determine where people wind up.

First thing I noticed at the preview last night was that the tree mail announcing the shake-up was NOT well-received, which I figured meant they knew they were being split up or something completely out of their control.

I DEFINITELY do not buy that this is an early merge, for whatever that's worth.

GT

(ohhh, lookee! my 2000th DAW!)